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enThe Winners of Our March iPad Giveaway http://www.maclife.com/article/news/winners_our_march_ipad_giveaway
<!--paging_filter--><p>We love you guys. You’re the best readers anyone could ever ask for--seriously! So to help celebrate the release of the new iPad, we thought we’d give a few away to show how much we appreciate you. Four lucky readers won their very own 16GB black iPad, and here are their smiling mugs hanging out with the newest addition to their Apple family. Stay tuned to MacLife.com for more extraordinary giveaways and your chance to win some free stuff!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h3>Kevin Spain</h3><p>Richmond, TX</p><p><img src="/files/u53/2012/05/kidstoys1.jpg" width="620" height="349" /></p><h3>Paul Short</h3><p>Herndon, VA</p><p><img src="/files/u53/2012/05/kidstoys2.jpg" width="620" height="349" /></p><h3>J. Bryne</h3><p>Cherry Hill, NJ</p><p><img src="/files/u53/2012/05/kidstoys4.jpg" width="620" height="349" /></p><h3>Ruth Carapella</h3><p>Alamosa, CO</p><p><img src="/files/u53/2012/05/kidstoys3.jpg" width="620" height="349" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/winners_our_march_ipad_giveaway#commentsNewscontest winnerswinwin a free iPadwinnersWin!Mon, 28 May 2012 19:33:54 +0000Florence Ion 14160 at http://www.maclife.comApple Hits 25 Billion App Store Downloadshttp://www.maclife.com/article/news/apple_hits_25_billion_app_store_downloads
<!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/files/u220903/app_store_25_billion_200px.png" alt="A billion thanks. 25 times over." width="200" height="150" class="graphic-right" />In case you didn’t hear, Apple finally hit 25 billion App Store downloads on Friday night while most of us were sleeping, which nets some lucky winner a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card. That person has now been named, and ironically the 25th billion app was a freebie.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/25-billion-app-countdown/" target="_blank">Apple Inc. announced that it had reached the 25 billionth download on the App Store late Friday night</a>, an event ironically marked by a freebie title -- in this case, Where’s My Water Free, which turns out to be the luckiest download of one user’s life.<br /><br />“We’d like to thank our customers and developers for helping us achieve this historic milestone of 25 billion apps downloaded,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “When we launched the App Store less than four years ago, we never imagined that mobile apps would become the phenomenon they have, or that developers would create such an incredible selection of apps for iOS users.”<br /><br /><a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/03/05Apples-App-Store-Downloads-Top-25-Billion.html" target="_blank">The lucky winner of a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card is Chunli Fu of Qingdao, China</a>, who downloaded the aforementioned Where’s My Water Free app to claim the big prize. And hey, it’s the perfect kind of prize to win: Since it’s tied to Chunli’s iTunes account, he couldn’t share some of the wealth if he wanted to.<br /><br /><em>Follow this article’s author, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/JRBTempe" target="_blank">J.R. Bookwalter on Twitter</a></em></p><p>&nbsp;</p>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/apple_hits_25_billion_app_store_downloads#commentsNews25 billionApp StoreApple Inc.ChinacontestsdownloadsiTunesitunes gift cardsWhere's My Water?winnersiPadiPhoneiPodMon, 05 Mar 2012 13:50:02 +0000J.R. Bookwalter13444 at http://www.maclife.comApple Posts 2011 iTunes Rewind Best of the Yearhttp://www.maclife.com/article/news/apple_posts_2011_itunes_rewind_best_year
<!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/files/u220903/itunes_rewind_2011_200px.jpg" alt="iTunes Rewind 2011" width="200" height="150" class="graphic-right" />Curious to know what Apple thinks is the cream of the crop in its own iTunes Store? Well, wonder no more: Cupertino has just posted its 2011 entries for iTunes Rewind, which celebrates the best music, apps, TV shows, books, movies and podcasts for the entire year. How many of them did you purchase?<br /><br />Apple is winding down a banner year for iTunes with its selections for best of the year. <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewFeature?id=480278091&amp;s=143441" target="_blank">iTunes Rewind</a> is an annual showcase of the year’s best music, movies, TV shows, apps, books and podcasts and the winners for 2011 are now posted.<br /><br />Of particular interest is the App Store selections, with this year’s nod for iPhone App of the Year going to Instagram, billed as “the year’s definitive photo-sharing app.” Standing tall alongside it is Tiny Tower, the iPhone Game of the Year. (Interesting anecdote: Both are free apps, which certainly says something about our culture, doesn’t it?) Runners-up include VidRhythm, Tiny Wings, Band of the Day and Touchgrind BMX.<br /><br />On the iPad front, another photo app gets the nod for iPad App of the Year: Snapsneed, billed as an “astonishing standout” for making “jaw-droppingly gorgeous photos.” Dead Space for iPad grabs the nod for iPad Game of the Year, with the runners-up including djay, Contre Jour HD, Jamie’s Recipies and Superbrothers: Sword &amp; Sworcery EP.<br /><br />Jumping over to books, surprisingly the Walter Isaacson-penned Steve Jobs official bio doesn’t rank for Best Nonfiction, even though it’s perched atop the iTunes best-seller list for that category. Podcast winners include The Jillian Michaels Show, NPR Programs: Fresh Air Podcast, Epic Meal Time and TEDTalks.<br /><br />Now it’s your turn: How many of your favorites got the nod this year? Head over to Apple’s official <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewFeature?id=480278091&amp;s=143441" target="_blank">iTunes Rewind 2011</a> link and find out.<br /><br /><em>Follow this article’s author, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/JRBTempe" target="_blank">J.R. Bookwalter on Twitter</a></em></p><p>&nbsp;</p>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/apple_posts_2011_itunes_rewind_best_year#commentsNewsApp StoreApple Inc.best of the yeariBookstoreitunes rewindiTunes StorePodcastswinnersyear endiPadiPhoneThu, 08 Dec 2011 19:44:39 +0000J.R. Bookwalter12911 at http://www.maclife.com